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message 1: by Nick (new)

Nick Deleted The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms since S&L has read it already.


message 3: by Casey (new)

Casey Deborah wrote: "I think these books should be on the science fiction list"

Those have been re-shelved.
Thanks.


message 4: by David(LA,CA) (new)

David(LA,CA) I may have accidentally added a second instance of Eyes of the Dragon by Steven King to the list. I missed it earlier in the top 100, so now we have an extra at around 171 on the list.

Also, Leviathan Wakes is one of the books tied for 140 in fantasy. It's already over on the science fiction list.


message 5: by Casey (new)

Casey David wrote: "I may have accidentally added a second instance of Eyes of the Dragon by Steven King to the list. I missed it earlier in the top 100, so now we have an extra at around 171 on the list.

Also, Levi..."


Thanks for posting the note.
I didn't see the duplicate of Stephen King's The Eye of the Dragon on the list but I did remove Leviathan Wakes since it is on the Science Fiction list.


message 6: by Nick (last edited Jul 07, 2012 01:46PM) (new)

Nick Please check the S&L read shelf before adding a book.
http://www.goodreads.com/group/booksh...

I removed "Eye of the World", "The Windup Girl", and "The Lies of Locke Lamora" since the book club has already read these books.


message 7: by Tamahome (last edited Jul 19, 2012 10:40AM) (new)

Tamahome Aren't Door Into Summer and Feed science fiction? Can someone delete that extra Shoeless Joe with no cover?


Joe Informatico I don't know if anyone still refers to this list, but I removed Assassin's Apprentice and The Hobbit because the group has read them.


Joe Informatico I removed The Curse of Chalion from the list since it was this month's pick.


message 10: by Joyce (new)

Joyce I think Stranger in a Strange Land should be reshelved as a possible laser pick.


message 11: by Richard (last edited May 12, 2014 07:33PM) (new)

Richard Webster I truly believe that this list should have Richard Raley and Ben Bequerin it..


message 12: by Joe Informatico (new)

Joe Informatico I've removed A Wizard of Earthsea and His Majesty's Dragon since the group has recently read them.


message 13: by Joe Informatico (new)

Joe Informatico Removed The Name of the Wind since the club recently read it.


message 14: by Joe Informatico (new)

Joe Informatico Removed The Night Circus because the group recently read it.


message 15: by Pris (last edited Apr 06, 2015 03:49PM) (new)

Pris I'd say Alif the Unseen is more a laser pick and it has been read - should be removed. Ready Player One laser rather than fantasy perhaps.


message 16: by Pris (new)

Pris Full list of read books on this list thanks to some quick python are:

A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
The Eye of the World (Wheel of Time, #1)
Alif the Unseen
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
Promise of Blood (The Powder Mage, #1)
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
Ready Player One
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
The Goblin Emperor
Elantris (Elantris, #1)


message 17: by Joe Informatico (new)

Joe Informatico Paul wrote: "Full list of read books on this list thanks to some quick python are..."

Thanks! I've deleted them.


message 18: by Effie (new)

Effie Moore I read, Assassin's Apprentice, The Name of the Wind and Wise Man's Fears, and The Blade Itself, those were great reads.. I'll have to read the others one day too..


message 19: by Joe Informatico (new)

Joe Informatico Removed Wyrd Sisters as the group has recently read it.


message 20: by Mike (new)

Mike Help me understand how this works. I added The Shadow Of What Was Lost. Does this effectively nominate this as a group read? Do votes determine what is read next?


message 21: by Yassin (last edited Jul 15, 2015 07:55PM) (new)

Yassin Uhh, I know that people aren't the same, and the there's always someone who thinks they could've made a better list, and I am a pretty mellow person who doesn't like to argue. However, where in the name of God is "The Wheel of Time" series. It is the definition of swords and lasers. Half of the book is detailed (painfully detailed) description of swordplay, complete with poetic and suggestive names for sword moves that kind of give you a vague idea of what it looks like (see BlackLance's Last Strike, sth sth waterfall, sth kisses the roses, sth's descent etc.) and the other half of the book is people blasting all sorts of lasers at each other. C'mon people, get it together. A specific type of laser is even a critical plotpoint, and a lot of the most important confrontations are basically duels.


message 22: by Deborah (new)

Deborah Yassin wrote: "Uhh, I know that people aren't the same, and the there's always someone who thinks they could've made a better list, and I am a pretty mellow person who doesn't like to argue. However, where in the name of God is "The Wheel of Time" series. ..."

On the bookshelf of books already read. This list is only for suggesting books for the group to read. Previously read books are deleted.


message 23: by Esar (last edited Nov 10, 2016 02:55PM) (new)


message 24: by Deborah (new)

Deborah Esar wrote: "The Last Wish was read 'recently'...

Also
The Name of the Wind
A Game of Thrones
City of Stairs
The Golem and the Jinni
The Blade Itself (alt pick)
Tigana - still unread by me :(
Promise of Blood
..."


Deleted!


message 26: by David H. (new)

David H. Deleted because the group has read them:

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Theft of Swords


message 28: by Joanna (new)

Joanna The Fold is a) SF b) picked up in February
Also SF:
A Murder in Time
The 10th Victim
The Faded Sun Trilogy
Metropolitan
Effect
Childhood's End
Light
The Dreaming Void
Rendezvous with Rama
A Scanner Darkly

And Star Trek Revealed:: The Spiritual Dimension of the Original Series is not fiction at all…


message 29: by Wolfgarr (last edited Jan 26, 2022 01:02PM) (new)

Wolfgarr Another bloated list full of books that have no relation to the list title.
99% of these books have no Laser/High tech/science fiction component at all.


message 30: by Joyce (new)

Joyce Wolfgarr wrote: "Another bloated list full of books that have no relation to the list title.
99% of these books have no Laser/High tech/science fiction component at all."


This is the list for sword not laser books


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